John eosford



IMPROYEMENI'S IN HARNESS-PADS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN: l 4 p Be it known that I, JOHN HOSFOD, ofMonroeville7 in'the county of Huron, and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain'new and-useful improvements in I-IarnessPads and I do herebycleclarethat4 the followingpis a full and complete description otthesvme, reference beingl had to the accompanying drawings,- mcking partof this specification, in which- Figui-e1 `is a side view.

Figure 2 is a perspective vie`w of the tree detached.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts-in the views. Y Y

A represents the tree, which iscovered with leather', A', in whichleather are secured the nuts through which the screws 'passi thatconnect the strap B to the trees. C is an upper tree, secured to thetree A by means of the nut c, and which con be made of any suitablemetal, such as brass,l sheet iron, tin,r&c., nn'd then covered withleather, as shown in g. 1, or it can be left uncovered, as may bethought desirable, the pads D being secured to and covering the treelAand leather A. The upper tree C is provvided'with iianges a on eitherside, and is also wider tleach end than in the centre,- as shown in fig.2. The strap Bl is placed on this tree, and theiflanges a prevent anylateral movement of said strap, and give more strength and durability tothe harness, the terrets b and check-hook d'being screwed into saidstrap Vand extending through into the nuts in the 'leather covering'A,above referredI to, there being also a s'crewnear each end of the tree,which holds the strapinplace. i 1 p l Y. '.t Y

When ltwo trees are made and connected int'his way itisnot necessary to-seiv or connect the padsD to the strap 1B, llas4 in the ordinary way,as the uppertree willvhold them in placghndin" this way much time andlabor are saved.n When` the pads'iwenr out'hewones-'carf-be'llreplaidedV bysimpllv reiifloviiigrthe;` terrets Z1, `and screwsreferred'to bov'e, bywhich thepadsfan'd s trztpira'r'e. connected, whenin'thev ordinary-wey thepad would have to be. ripped fromthes'tap B,adftheri time" andlabor spent in sewing another iin itsplace. In

the ordinary harness thepads are liublejto ripffrom theistrap, butiuthis way-.there is ho fear, asthey. are; not

connected bysewing. m p i Y y A WhatI claim as `my improvement, `anddesiretosecure by Letters Patent, 'is-' The arrangementof the uppertreeC and anges a, in combination with `the lower `tree-A, when combinedwith the usual adjuncts toform a harness-pad'. v

JQHN I'IOSFORD.

Witnesses: y

J. H. BUBRIDGE, W. H. BURRIDGE.

